. >> reporter: perhaps that's why veterans are faring better in this sluggish economy. labor statistics show the percentage of unemployed veterans is a whole point lower than the rest of the workforce. helping these numbers, a commitment from several major companies to hire 100,000 vets and military spouses by 2014. still, it's an uphill climb to get a job at all and for those recently returning from combat, it's a big adjustment back to civilian life. >> every veteran has a story to tell. they have so much experiences that they went through with the military. and civilian world just doesn't understand that as much. >> remember, these are veterans of all wars. the labor department says the news isn't so good for younger veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. unemployment for them was 10% in october. well above the national rate of 7.9%. >>> ocean beach preparing for the storm and city workers want to make sure... [ indiscernible ] we'll have that story coming up. >> and president obama's private lunch with mitt romney. what they talked about and what they ate. i pla